Full-Time Product Manager, Arc Platform
Job Description
Arcadia is the technology company empowering energy innovators and consumers to fight the climate crisis. Our software and APIs are revolutionizing an industry held back by outdated systems and institutions by creating unprecedented access to the data and clean energy needed to make a decarbonized energy grid possible.
In 2014, Arcadia set out on its mission to break the fossil fuel monopoly and since then we have been knocking down the institutional barriers to unlock decarbonization. To date, we have connected hundreds of thousands of consumers and small businesses with high-quality clean energy options. Fast forward to today, and now, we’re thinking even bigger. We have launched Arc, an industry-defining SaaS platform that empowers developers and energy innovators to deliver their own custom, personalized energy experiences, accelerating the transformation of the industry from an analog energy system into a digitized information network.
Tackling one of the world’s biggest challenges requires out-of-the-box thinking & diverse perspectives. We’re building a team of individuals from different backgrounds, industries, & educational experiences. If you share our passion for ushering in the era of the clean electron, we look forward to learning what you would uniquely bring to Arcadia!
What we’re looking for:
We are seeking a highly technical Product Manager to join the Product team, focused on building the common platform infrastructure leveraged by multiple Arc teams to deliver core functionality to customers. The person in this role will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance, and usability of the Arc platform as a whole.
This individual will lead product initiatives from conception to launch and subsequent iterations, by connecting external customer needs, internal team challenges, technological capabilities, and business goals. The ideal candidate is a self-starter and strong collaborator who enjoys systems-level thinking. This person will need to be adept at breaking complex problems into smaller steps that drive iterative product development and who has experience building platform products or internal tools.
This role will report to the Staff Product Manager for Arc. Additionally, the Product Manager will collaborate frequently with engineers, product designers, other product managers, and the sales team.
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What you’ll do:
- You’ll turn company strategy into a prioritized roadmap of initiatives that most optimally contribute to the organization’s goals towards scaling the Arc business.
- You will be hands-on in uncovering insights from analytics, user research, and use cases that come from cross-functional partners in Sales, Engineering and Data Science.
- You will balance long-term bets with short term improvements, optimizing for speed of learning and time to impact.
- You will champion the needs of the direct and indirect users of the products you build: Arcadia employees, community solar developers, and Arcadia’s customers.
What will help you succeed:
Must-Haves
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs, webhooks, OAuth, API Gateways and other common API platform infrastructure
- Familiarity with general backend system architectural elements (databases, API gateways, etc.)
- 3+ years of experience leading product development for developer-focused platform products
- Demonstrated experience aligning and influencing cross-functional teams and diverse stakeholders
- Proven ability to break down complex problems into incremental product solutions
- Strong organizational and project management skills, and a proactive communication style
- A growth mindset and comfort with ambiguity
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience writing software in one or more common programming language (eg. Python, Ruby, JavaScript, etc.)
- Knowledge of or experience in the energy industry
- Familiarity with contract management, invoicing, and other business operations processes
Benefits:
- “Remote first” culture – work anywhere in the US as long as you have a reliable internet connection
- Flexible PTO – no accrued hours and no limit on the number of vacation days employees can take each year
- 15 annual company-wide holidays including a week long “summer break”
- 10 days sick leave
- Up to 4 weeks bereavement leave
- 2 volunteer days off
- 2 professional development days off
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for all parents
- Weekly “flex time” – no internal meetings on Tuesdays and Friday afternoons
- 80-95% employer cost coverage for medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and dependents
- Annual budget to use on conferences, books, classes, workshops or anything that contributes to professional development
Eliminating carbon footprints, eliminating carbon copies.
Here at Arcadia, we cultivate diversity, celebrate individuality, and believe unique perspectives are key to our collective success in creating a clean energy future. Arcadia is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. While we are currently unable to consider candidates who will require visa sponsorship, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States.
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